
Marc Pillsworth is a brilliant, if reckless, researcher who believes some natural laws are better left unbound. In his hidden laboratory he concocts a volatile elixir, pours it into a vat, and watches as reality shatters, pulling him through a vortex of darkness into an uncanny, endlessly quiet landscape of emerald hills and mist‑clad trees. The new world is both serene and alien, its colors muted yet vivid, and the air hums with a strange, soothing melody that seems to erase all ordinary concerns.
When the silence is broken by a voice, Marc turns to see a strikingly beautiful woman named Toffee, whose casual confidence and scant attire hint at mysteries far deeper than the world he just left. Their encounter promises a clash of curiosity and desire, setting the stage for an adventure that will test the limits of science, imagination, and what it means to truly belong in a place that defies every law he once trusted.
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (306K characters)
Series
Toffee
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
Chicago, IL: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1950.
Credits
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2023-10-27
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1920–2006
Best known for the chilling novel that became What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, this American writer built a career around dark suspense, sharp psychological drama, and stories that Hollywood eagerly adapted.
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